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Orrick Hosts Fireside Chat with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce

March.11.2020

On March 2, Orrick had the pleasure of hosting SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce for a fireside chat discussion at our San Francisco office on the state ...

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Still Waiting: SEC Again Delays Approvals of Bitcoin ETFs

August.19.2019

As further evidence of the SEC’s resistance to the development of a regulated secondary market in bitcoin, on August 12 it delayed making a decision ...

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SEC and FINRA Confirm Digital Assets a 2019 Examination Priority

January.28.2019

Recently, the Staffs of the SEC and FINRA announced their annual examination and regulatory priorities: the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections ...

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The SEC Sends a Telegram to European Token Offerings: Avoid the U.S.

April.24.2020

On March 24, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a ...

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Blockvest II: Court Reverses Itself and Grants the SEC a Preliminary Injunction in the Face of Manifest Fraud

by Andrew Wallach
February.19.2019

As we previously discussed, the SEC suffered a rare defeat in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Blockvest, LLC et al. on November 27, when Judge ...

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SEC/FINRA Joint Statement on Digital Asset Securities Does Not Address Regulatory Log Jam

July.18.2019

Last week, the Staffs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (collectively, the ...

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FinCEN Sends Message to the Virtual Currency Industry: The Travel Rule Applies to You, Too

June.02.2020

FinCEN Director Ken Blanco addressed this year’s Consensus Blockchain Conference on May 13, 2020. In a set of prepared remarks, Blanco recognized the ...

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The SEC Can’t Keep Kik-ing the Crypto Can

by Sunny Hwang
June.20.2019

The SEC’s Action On June 4, 2019, the SEC sued Kik Interactive Inc. (“Kik”), a privately held Canadian company, in the Southern District of New York, ...

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Crypto Regulation Marches On With Potential Consequences for Trading Systems

by Soo Hwang, Joseph Perkins and James Wigginton
May.05.2023

A flurry of recent activity has reinforced the SEC’s commitment to regulate crypto assets, including trading systems that trade crypto asset ...

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5 Things to Know About Token Warrants

by Joseph Perkins, Andrew Wallach and Robert Moore
February.22.2023

Venture capital investors in blockchain companies often require formal rights to receive tokens or other digital assets created by those companies. ...

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A Foreboding View of Smart Contract Developer Liability

November.19.2018

At least one regulator is attempting to provide clarity regarding the potential liability of actors who violate regulations through the use of smart ...

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Transactors in Digital Tokens – New Bill Offers Hope

by Andrew Wallach
January.24.2019

On December 20, 2018, Representatives Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Darren Soto (D-Fla) offered some early holiday hope to digital token issuers by ...